U N Debates Syria Iraq Peace Plan At Lake Success
The United Nations political committee backs a Syria Iraq resolution urging the five permanent Security Council members to consult on differences. Russia blocks labeling the Chinese regime as Communist China, while U S delegates urge deeds over words as talks on a secretary-general continue.
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Russia
Security Council
U.N
China
United States
Britain
France
Jacob A. Malik
Trygve Lie
Vishinsky
Communist Peoples Republic
French Fall Back From Frontier in Indochina Retreat
French withdraw from Langson and other posts in North Indochina signaling a strategic setback. The loss tightens Vietminh control along the frontier gateway to Southeast Asia and shifts French defense lines south toward the Red River delta amid limited clashes.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Indochina
via-China Frontier
Ho Chi Minh
Ter
Langson
Southeast Asia
Lackay
Moncay
Red River
Red China
Churches urged to expand publicity in modern media
Virginia Methodists heard Duke University president Dr. A Hollis Edens say churches must use radio, press, movies, fiction and billboards alongside the pulpit to shape thought and habits. He warned against overlooking responsibilities that come with knowledge and urged reworking old frontiers and ideas.
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Richmond
Virginia Methodists
A. Hollis Edens
Duke University
United States
Dr. Edens
Church
College Grid Scores From Weekend Games
Duke defeated Richmond 41 to 0 while Wake Forest beat George Washington 13 to 0. North Carolina State edged Tennessee 18 to 14 and Florida won 31 to 27 over Vanderbilt. Indiana beat Notre Dame 20 to 7 and Appalachian State blanked High Point 35 to 0. Lenoir Rhyne defeated Western Carolina 25 to 7. Northwestern bested Pittsburgh 28 to 0. Missouri and Iowa State tied 20 all. Tulane beat Mississippi 27 to 20. William & Mary defeated Davidson 47 to 12. Oklahoma overwhelmed Kansas State 58 to 0. Army beat Harvard 49 to 0. Elon downed Catawba 26 to 12. Syracuse beat Holy Cross 34 to 27. Georgia Tech defeated Auburn 20 to 0. Georgia beat LSU 18 to 13. SMU defeated Rice 42 to 21.
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N. C. State
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Vanderbilt
Indiana
Notre Dame
Appalachian
High Point
Lenoir-Rhyne
Western Car
Northwestern
Pittsburgh
Missouri
Iowa State
Tulane
Mississippi
Davidson
Oklahoma
Kansas State
Army
Harvard
Elon
Catawba
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Holy Cross
Tech
Auburn
Georgia
L.S.U
S.M.U
Rice
Price and wage controls still likely wait until next year
Washington officials and labor leaders say price and wage controls are not imminent. They expect any controls to be postponed past the November elections and perhaps into next year due to lack of an administering body, preference for other stabilization measures, and possible changes to the defense production act.
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Max Hall
Washington
E. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
U. S. Amber
Truman
Congress
Stimson Rites To Be Held Monday
Stimson dies at 83 from heart disease in Cold Spring Harbor New York. He served as secretary of war for Taft Roosevelt and Truman and as secretary of state under Hoover, the only American to hold cabinet rank under four presidents. Funeral will be private at Memorial Cemetery with family and close friends.
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Cold Spring Harbor
N. Y
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Memorial Cemetery
Taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Hoover
Army Finance Dept to be scattered into seven regional offices
The Army Finance Department moves its accounting division from St. Louis into seven regional offices across six Army area commands and Washington DC. The action follows reports of 157 million dollars in erroneous payments and alleged Communist activity at the St. Louis center, with most losses to be recovered.
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Washington
Army Finance Department
St. Louis
Army
St.Louis
D. C
St. Louis Center
House Armed Services Subcommittee
Communists Press Western Powers on German Reunification Plan
A Prague conference led by Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Molotov urged the Big Three to join in a five point program for a democratic all-German movement. The plan calls for not remilitarizing Germany, removing hindrances to a peaceful economy, timely peace treaty, and creation of an all-German constitutional council with balanced representation.
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William Oatis
Prague
Soviet Union
Britain
France
United States
Germany
Ala
Eisenhower
West Germany
Moscow
Russia
Quints Visit Collins Children in New York
The Dionne quintuplets, 17 months old, meet the Collins quadruplets, Edward Andrew Linda Barbara 16, at a New York gathering. The Collins children welcome the visitors with toys and dolls as Cardinal Spellman and family join the event.
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New York
Dionne
Collins
Collinses
Edward
Andrew
Linda
Barbara
Cecile
Yvonne
Marie
Emilie
Annette Dionne
Collins Boys
Charles Collins
Dionnes
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Oliva
Atlantic Pact Leaders to Shape Strategy This Week
NATO military chiefs meet in Washington on Tuesday to draft guidance for the defense ministers conference on October 28. They aim to decide infantry divisions ships and planes for the joint force and discuss a supreme commander for western Europe amid Germany remilitarization debates and Soviet opposition.
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Atlantic Pact
Elton C
Fay Washington
North Atlantic Treaty Powers
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atlantic
Indochina
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Industrial Mobilization Plans Take Shape Amid Uncertainty
The United States moves to plan industrial mobilization with no clear targets. Officials warn funding and material needs are unknown, delaying civilian-to-military shifts. Munitions board data only covers spending through June 30, 194? and forecasts remain speculative.
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NAP
Munitions Board
NPA
Congress
High Command
Joseph Stalin
White House
Defense Department
Defense
W. Stuart Symington
Idle Workers Drop to Two Year Low Despite War Peak
The Bureau of Employment Security reports the idle rate among jobless insurance groups has halved since last April due to the Korean conflict and defense prep. The national unemployment rate falls to 2.9 percent of about 33.3 million workers under compensation, with roughly 5 percent of the non farm workforce covered.
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Washington
Bureau of Employment Security
Senator Questions Gilbert Court Martial
Senator Jenner questions Lt. Leon A. Gilbert’s court martial death sentence, arguing no declared war and urging careful review. He compares Gilbert’s case to contemporaries convicted of espionage and asserts justice must be consistent with other cases.
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Washington
Congress
North Korea
Jenner
R.-Ind
Leon A. Gilbert
Gilbert
Judith Coplon
Alger Hiss
Train Search For U S Prisoners Of War In Korea
United Nations forces push toward Kujang and Sunchon as a search operates for a train said to carry American and other UN prisoners. Paratroops trap Reds near Sukchon while U S forces close to the Manchurian border amid reports of prisoner killings at Sunchon.
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Korea
United Nations
Manchuria
Sunchon
Pyongyang
U.S
Kujang
U.N
Sukchon
Aong
Commonwealth 27Th Brigade
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Chinnampo
U. S. 24Th Division
MacArthur
U. S
Manchurian
Republican Capital Division
Translator's Error Sparks Rapid Florence Romance
An American translator error led to a whirlwind romance in Florence. Liliana Biagi, 22, sought English letters from Atlanta, Georgia, but the swap implied marriage to an American. Glover W. Miller, 38, of Jeffersonville, Kentucky, traveled to Italy, found her, and they wed the same day as a priest waived usual bans.
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Florence
Italy
Liliana Biagi
Atlanta (Ga
Glover W. Miller
Jeffersonville
Liliana
Miller
Whereabouts of Scientist Is International Mystery
Italian born British atom scientist Bruno Pontecorvo vanished from Italy seven weeks earlier and last official word placed him in Helsinki on Sept. 2 with his wife Helena Marianne and three children. Rome papers claimed he fled toward Moscow via Poland, while British authorities said they had no interest in his movements. His father Massimo in Milan said he expected a Britain return after a July vacation.
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George Palmer
Rome
Italy
Moscow
Bruno Ponteecorvo
Helsinki
Finland
Helena Marianne
Gils
Tito Nils
Antonia
Pontecorvo
Poland
British
Foreign Office
Scotland Yard
Massimo
Milan
Britain
Scott Given Rebuff By Committee
Raleigh October 21 governor Scott was rebuffed by the State Democratic Executive committee when it refused Murray G. James of Wilmington as nominee for associate justice of the state Supreme Court. Jeff D. Johnson Jr. of Clinton was chosen instead to face Republican Guy B. Weaver in the November 7 general election. Johnson will serve the remaining two years of the late Justice A. A. F. Seawell's term.
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Scott
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Murray G. James
Wilmington
State Supreme Court
Jeff D. Johnson, Jr
Clin
Superior Court
Johnson
Guy B. Weaver
A. A. F. Seawell
Com
Popebtions
Statesville
Jeff
Haw River
James
Wilmington Torney
Suort James
Jonathan Iels
J Son
Frank Graham
Mary
Carr
Burlington
R. Parker
Roanoke Rapids
Emmett Eoormington
President Truman Delays Cruise to Prepare UN Speech
President Truman stays home instead of a weekend cruise to work on his United Nations address. The White House says the speech will run about 20 minutes and be delivered Tuesday morning in New York. He also plans to unveil a statue of British Field Marshal Sir Dill in Arlington National Cemetery on November 1, funded by American friends and World War I veterans.
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Truman
Williamsburg
United Nations
York
White House
G. Ross
Sir Dill
Arlington National Cemetery
George C. Marshall
Sir Oli Franks
Ates
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